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As Congress debates whether to authorize military action in Syria, President Barack Obama and his administration are continuing to make their case at home and abroad. On Wednesday, Obama sought to couch the issue in heavily moral terms.

Anchor Marco Werman checks in with Iraq War veteran Marc Fisher for his thoughts about Obama’s speech on Syria last night. Fisher thinks the US found a solution to the problem, no matter if it was on purpose or by luck.

BBC- US President Barack Obama held a televised address to explain US policy on Syria’s chemical weapons Tuesday evening. Obama said the Syrian government was clearly responsible for the use of chemical weapons. Additionally the president said that the US would work with Russia on its proposal to persuade Syria to destroy its chemical weapons.

President Barack Obama has linked the ongoing struggle for economic equality with the goals of the 1963 March on Washington, in a speech marking its 50th anniversary. The President described it as “our great unfinished business.”